ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,091, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to EuQlid Inc. (College Park, Md.).

"Solid-state spin sensor with a compliant head" was invented by David Glenn (Cambridge, Mass.), Cole Meisenhelder (Washington), Stephen DeVience (Ellicott City, Md.), Connor Hart (Columbia, Md.) and Aakash Ravi (Laurel, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state spin sensor system for precisely measuring magnetic fields with a compliantly coupled sensor head exhibiting translational and rotational compliance. The sensor includes a color center ensemble in a solid-state substrate for detecting magnetic fields with high spatial resolution. An optical microsc...